Reading

In Alan Bennett’s The History Boys, the profoundly human (i.e., imperfect) teacher, Hector, reminds his students that “The best moments in reading are when you come across something—a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things—that you’d thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you’ve never met,... See more

the moralists ask us how we can justify our love of reading, we can make use of some such excuse as this. But if we are honest, we know that no such excuse is needed. It is true that we get nothing whatsoever except pleasure from reading; it is true that the wisest of us is unable to say what that pleasure may be. But that pleasure—mysterious,... See more

TED’S 24 RULES FOR READING

1. Reading shouldn’t be a goal —instead it ought to be cultivated as a habit .


2. It should be a relaxing and enjoyable habit, something you look forward to each day. That’s why setting too many reading goals will be counterproductive. It will put pressure on you, and that’s the opposite of relaxation.


3. Remember that this is a

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